Rachmaninov / Hvorostovsky / Ilja Rachmaninov Romances CD

For his first CD release on Ondine, star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has chosen art song repertoire of great intensity and emotion from his Russian home country: 26 featured romances by Sergei Rachmaninov include such popular songs as Spring waters, Op. 14/11 or in the silence of the mysterious night, Op. 4/3. Together with his longstanding duo partner, Estonian pianist Ivari Ilja, they have frequently performed many of these songs to great critical acclaim ('Mr. Hvorostovsky used the infinite shadings of his luxuriously dark and dusky voice to illuminate the yearning nuances of bitterness and regret. his admirable range of expressive and dynamic shadings [was] aptly mirrored by Ivari Ilja, an exemplary accompanist'. - the New York Times). The digital release of this album includes two more songs as special bonus tracks.

1. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 3. Mi Otdokhnyom (We Shall Rest) 2. Ti Pomnish' LI Vecher (Do You Remember the Evening?) 3. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 1. O Net, Molyu, Ne Ukhodi (Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!) 4. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 2. Utro (Morning) 5. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V Molchan'i Nochi Taynoy (In the Silence of the Mysterious Night) 6. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 5. Uzh Ti, Niva Moya (Oh You, My Corn Field!) 7. No. 2. Ditya Kak Tsvetok Ti Prekrasna (My Child, You Are Beautiful As a Flower) 8. No. 5. Son (A Dream) 9. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 4. Ya Bil U Ney (I Was with Her) 10. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 1. Ya Zhdu Tebya (I Am Waiting for You) 11. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 7: Ne Ver' Mne, Drug (Do Not Believe Me, My Friend) 12. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 9. Ona, Kak Polden', Khorosha (She Is As Beautiful As Noon) 13. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye Vodi (Spring Waters) 14. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 10. V Moyey Dushe (In My Soul) 15. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 12. Pora (It Is Time!) 16. 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 4. Oni Otvechali (They Replied) 17. 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 6. Otrivok Iz a. Myusse (An Excerpt from Alfred de Musset) 18. No. 7. Zdes' Khorosho (How Nice This Place Is) 19. No. 12. Kak Mne Bol'no No (How Much It Hurts) 20. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 2. Vsyo Otnyal U Menya (Everything I Had) 21. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 13. Vchera Mi Vstretilis' (Yesterday We Met) 22. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 15. Prokhodit Vsyo (Everything Passes) 23. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 12. Noch' Pechal'na (Sad Night) 24. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 9. Ya Opyat' Odinok (Once Again, I Am Alone) 25. U Vrat Obiteli Svyatoy (At the Gates of the Holy Cloister) 26. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 6. Khristos Voskres (Christ Is Risen!)